(Photo by Bryan Hulbert)
Inside Line Promotions – SAPULPA, Okla. (March 10, 2017) – Frank Flud produced another stout performance to capture a pair of Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass main event wins and Chase Randall maneuvered to his first career series triumph on Friday during the second round of the inaugural Creek County Clash hosted by Creek County Speedway.
Flud advanced from the second row to earn his fourth Stock Non-Wing main event win of the season and his fourth Winged ‘A’ Class triumph of the year while Randall capitalized on starting on the outside of the front row in the Restricted ‘A’ Class feature to garner the victory.
Flud became the first driver to record double-digit victories in any Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series class. He now has 10 feature victories in the Stock Non-Wing division.
Shawn Wicker placed second in the feature with Jason McDougal third, Jase Randolph fourth and 10th-starting KJ Snow fifth.
Flud and Wicker picked up heat race wins.
Flud bested a total of 34 entries to capture his eighth career Winged ‘A’ Class feature victory. Kevin Bayer claimed the runner-up position with Cannon McIntosh advancing from ninth to third place. Wicker maneuvered from 10th to fourth and Holley Hollan garnered a fifth-place finish.
Brock Berreth, Bayer, McDougal and Hollan were the heat race winners. Randolph powered from sixth to win the first B Main and Devin Gerrior drove from eighth to win the second B Main.
Randall became the third different winner in five Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series Restricted ‘A’ Class main events this season and the 18th winner in the class overall. He was chased to the finish line by Kale Drake with ninth-starting Jake Nail rounding out the podium. Grady Mercer placed fourth and Conner Lee ended fifth.
Mercer, Daison Pursley and Caleb Pence each won a heat race.
The event finale is Saturday at Creek County Speedway. The gates open at 4 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 5:15 p.m., hot laps at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and free for children ages 10 and younger. Pit passes are $30.
DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT CREEK COUNTY SPEEDWAY (March 10, 2017) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (4); 2. 22B-Noah Harris (1); 3. 08-Cannon McIntosh (5); 4. 15-Jase Randolph (7); 5. 29-Kj Snow (2); 6. 51-Matt Ward (3); 7. 14H-Holley Hollan (6); 8. 69-Colt Dyer (8); 9. 721-Brendon Wiseley (9); 10. 93M-Thomas McElroy (10).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Shawn Wicker (3); 2. 1V-Johnny B. (2); 3. 73-Jason McDougal (7); 4. 1H-Hank Davis (8); 5. 11G-Avery Goodman (5); 6. 01-Kirk Berkley (4); 7. 23L-Jason Lair (1); 8. 3-Steve Wicker (6); 9. 3G-Travis Jenkins (9).
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (4); 2. 20-Shawn Wicker (3); 3. 73-Jason McDougal (2); 4. 15-Jase Randolph (6); 5. 29-Kj Snow (10); 6. 08-Cannon McIntosh (5); 7. 14H-Holley Hollan (13); 8. 11G-Avery Goodman (9); 9. 721-Brendon Wiseley (17); 10. 1H-Hank Davis (1); 11. 22B-Noah Harris (8); 12. 69-Colt Dyer (14); 13. 1V-Johnny B. (7); 14. 01-Kirk Berkley (11); 15. 23L-Jason Lair (15); 16. 3-Steve Wicker (16); 17. 51-Matt Ward (12); 18. Derek Begnaud; 19. 3G-Travis Jenkins (18); 20. 93M-Thomas McElroy (19).
NOW600 Winged ‘A Class
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Brock Berreth (2); 2. 2A-Alison Slaton (4); 3. 20-Shawn Wicker (5); 4. 11-Riley Goodno (1); 5. 9-Emilio Hoover (6); 6. 3G-Travis Jenkins (3); 7. 9P-Daison Pursley (8); 8. 9B-Johnny Moore (7); 9. 93M-Thomas McElroy (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Kevin Bayer (6); 2. 3-Cole Roberts (2); 3. 42-Hank Davis (8); 4. 5-Kris Carroll (7); 5. 1V-Johnny B. (3); 6. 76-Victor McAnally (5); 7. X1-David McIntosh (4); 8. 17H-Hunter Little (9); 9. 11S-Ryan Hunt (1).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Jason McDougal (1); 2. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (2); 3. 81-Frank Flud (8); 4. 51-Matt Ward (5); 5. 11G-Avery Goodman (4); 6. 9R-Chase Randall (6); 7. 08K-Jace McIntosh (7); 8. 23L-Jason Lair (3).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Holley Hollan (5); 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh (3); 3. 2-Derek Begnaud (7); 4. 99-Nathan Rainey (6); 5. 24B-Glenn Bratti (1); 6. 15-Jase Randolph (2); 7. 7-Wade Freeny (4); 8. 8G-Devin Gerrior (8).
Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15-Jase Randolph (6); 2. 23L-Jason Lair (10); 3. 1V-Johnny B. (3); 4. 11-Riley Goodno (2); 5. 9P-Daison Pursley (5); 6. 9R-Chase Randall (4); 7. 7-Wade Freeny (8); 8. 51-Matt Ward (1); 9. 17H-Hunter Little (7); 10. 9B-Johnny Moore (9).
Semi 2 (12 Laps): 1. 8G-Devin Gerrior (8); 2. 11G-Avery Goodman (2); 3. 08K-Jace McIntosh (6); 4. 76-Victor McAnally (4); 5. 24B-Glenn Bratti (3); 6. 3G-Travis Jenkins (5); 7. 9-Emilio Hoover (1); 8. X1-David McIntosh (7); 9. 93M-Thomas McElroy (9); 10. 11S-Ryan Hunt (10).
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (3); 2. 91-Kevin Bayer (6); 3. 08-Cannon McIntosh (9); 4. 20-Shawn Wicker (10); 5. 14H-Holley Hollan (5); 6. 73-Jason McDougal (8); 7. 42-Hank Davis (4); 8. 15-Jase Randolph (15); 9. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (13); 10. 23L-Jason Lair (17); 11. 5-Kris Carroll (11); 12. 8G-Devin Gerrior (16); 13. 3-Cole Roberts (12); 14. 2A-Alison Slaton (7); 15. 1V-Johnny B. (19); 16. 11G-Avery Goodman (18); 17. 08K-Jace McIntosh (20); 18. 10-Brock Berreth (1); 19. 2-Derek Begnaud (2); 20. 9-Emilio Hoover (14).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Grady Mercer (4); 2. 9R-Chase Randall (5); 3. 17-Conner Lee (3); 4. 8-Gunner Bowden (7); 5. 00-Preston Scheulen (6); 6. 70-Aidan Silva (2); 7. 9-Emilio Hoover (1).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (2); 2. 14R-Jake Nail (1); 3. 77-Kale Drake (7); 4. 24T-Dooley Harris (4); 5. 22RL-Gage Laney (6); 6. 01-Racer Berkley (3); 7. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (5).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8P-Caleb Pence (2); 2. 22M-Rees Moran (4); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (5); 4. 11-Riley Goodno (3); 5. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (6); 6. 7L-Laramie Freeny (1).
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall (2); 2. 77-Kale Drake (3); 3. 14R-Jake Nail (9); 4. 42-Grady Mercer (1); 5. 17-Conner Lee (10); 6. 22RL-Gage Laney (14); 7. 9P-Daison Pursley (4); 8. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (19); 9. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (15); 10. 11-Riley Goodno (12); 11. 22M-Rees Moran (6); 12. 8-Gunner Bowden (8); 13. 00-Preston Scheulen (13); 14. 24T-Dooley Harris (11); 15. 9-Emilio Hoover (20); 16. 01-Racer Berkley (16); 17. 70-Aidan Silva (17); 18. 8P-Caleb Pence (5); 19. 88R-Ryder Laplante (7); 20. 7L-Laramie Freeny (18).
2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –
NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9 and March 10) and Steven Shebester – 1 (Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9 and March 10)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Ryder Laplante – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 18; Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3; and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9); Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17); and Chase Randall – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 10)
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., for the Creek County Clash
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOW600Series
NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its fifth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout Oklahoma and Northern Texas. In addition to the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass, there are three regions – the Driven Midwest NOW600 North Texas Region, the Driven Midwest NOW600 Sooner Region and the USAC NOW600 Coastal Clash. The featured racing divisions are Stock Non-Wing, Winged ‘A’ Class and Restricted ‘A’ Class. For more information, including the schedule, points and rules, visit http://www.NOW600Series.com.
DRIVEN MIDWEST –
Driven Midwest is a speed shop and D1 chassis dealer located in Tulsa, Okla. The company, which is owned by Harley Hollan and micro sprint standout Frank Flud, has one goal: to raise the standard of customer service to an exceptional level while building a relationship with every customer. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/DrivenPerformanceMidwest/?fref=ts.
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- Shawn Miller on Mar 11, 2017
- Article Date: 3/11/2017 by Inside Line Promotions